Maintenance Planner and Scheduler

Position Title: Maintenance Planner and Scheduler
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Springs
Grade: Grade 03
Requisition ID: 35774
Maintenance Planner & Scheduler
To plan, coordinate and schedule all maintenance activities (preventive, corrective, and shutdown) to ensure the continuous operation of manufacturing equipment and utilities with minimal disruption, optimizing equipment reliability and plant uptime.
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain and improve preventive maintenance schedules for all critical assets.
• Coordinate and schedule daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance tasks in collaboration with production and maintenance teams.
• Create and manage work orders and job cards using CMMS (e.g., SAP).
• Prepare and issue maintenance schedules, ensuring resource availability (technicians, tools, parts, permits).
• Prioritize work orders based on urgency, safety, and production requirements.
• Monitor compliance to planned schedules and update accordingly.
• Ensure maintenance KPIs are tracked and reported (e.g., MTTR, MTBF, adherence to schedule).
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and history of equipment breakdowns and interventions.
• Liaise with procurement/stores for timely availability of spare parts and consumables.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist in annual shutdown planning and execution.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Assigning schedules on SAP system
• Co-ordinate maintenance planning meetings
• Plan maintenance work
• Closing out completed shutdown work orders
• Maintenance shutdown compliance report
• Managing Work order turn over report
• OEE (Overall equipment efficiency or effectiveness)
• Weekly plant on a page report update
• Monthly plant on a page report update
• Veg review report update
• Weekly down time analysis report
• Monthly downtime analysis report
• Daily engineering availability report
• Work order management, filing and archiving [Audit ready)
• Participating in audits
• Engineering Board [Engineering reports update on the board
• Adherence to work order schedules [M]
• Creating and loading new schedules on the SAP CMMS
• Altering old schedules on the SAP CMMS
• Notification turnover
• Schedule backlog report
• Artisan utilization report
• Shift job cards and schedule feedback archive
• Shutdown involvement, supervising, safety, permits issuing, shutdown coordinating & update progress meetings
• Request different user (New and additional) access for SAP on GRC
• Adding, removing equipment on SAP hierarchy
• Coordinating the post shutdown meetings, documenting and planning all actions

Requirements:
Education & Qualifications:

• National Diploma or Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in maintenance planning/scheduling in an FMCG or fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Solid knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques.
• Hands-on experience in working with plant machinery and utilities.

Skills:

• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to multitask and manage priorities under pressure.
• Good understanding of maintenance workflow and job estimation.
• Proficient in MS Office (especially Excel, Project).
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and coordination skills across departments.

Competencies:

• Attention to detail and quality-driven.
• Strong sense of urgency and ownership.
• Proactive and collaborative approach.
• Results-oriented with continuous improvement mindset.

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Job Family: Engineering & Technical
Division: South Africa
Department: Springs Engineering Electrical
Location(s): ZA - South Africa : Gauteng : Springs || ZA - South Africa : Eastern Cape : Port Elizabeth || ZA - South Africa : Free State : Bloemfontein || ZA - South Africa : Gauteng : Bapsfontein || ZA - South Africa : Gauteng : Bedfordview || ZA - South Africa : Gauteng : Bronkhorstspruit || ZA - South Africa : Gauteng : Johannesburg || ZA - South Africa : Gauteng : Katlehong || ZA - South Africa : KwaZulu-Natal : Durban || ZA - South Africa : Limpopo : Marble Hall || ZA - South Africa : Mpumalanga : Delmas || ZA - South Africa : North West : Lichtenburg || ZA - South Africa : Other : Reference job description || ZA - South Africa : Western Cape : CapeTown || ZA - South Africa : Western Cape : George
Company: McCain Foods (S Africa)